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. >> and with us now, mark halperin, co-author of the book game change. he's up early with us and this morning we'll stand a little closer than we did yesterday, make it a more intimate affair. let's look right away at your report card. president obama gets a b minus from mark halperin, a c for mitt romney. explain the grades. >> this debate was the biggest rorschach test i've seen since doing these grades. you have people including focus groups and polls that go one way, go the other. i think part of my grades are based on performance, part based on how it affects the race and the chances the person has of winning the contest. i thought governor romney lost for two reasons. one is the libya exchange. i think that was an issue where he thought he'd be on offense. i thought his answer was weak. the president's was very strong. the other main reason is what has mitt romney's problem in this campaign all along some when someone gets inside his head, when someone connects his policy proposals with his personal background, when someone says you're a rich guy,
. >> and with us now, mark halperin, co-author of the book game change. he's up early with us and this morning we'll stand a little closer than we did yesterday, make it a more intimate affair. let's look right away at your report card. president obama gets a b minus from mark halperin, a c for mitt romney. explain the grades. >> this debate was the biggest rorschach test i've seen since doing these grades. you have people including focus groups and polls that go one way, go the...
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you all heard mark halperin today. ron mott in berea ohio. how is the crowd reaction? getting bigger crowds since the original debate in denver. it's been a lot of time spent in ohio. >> hey, andrea. yeah, we're spending a ton of time here. pretty good sized crowd here at this baldwin wallace college where condi rice was with paul ryan. they're watching the cleveland browns practice. she's a big fan. she kicked off her speech as she did in the tampa republican national convention, the promise of america being threatened for the individual that the current course that country is on is going to make it difficult for younger people to realize the dreams of their parents and grandparents and so she says that's one reason why the country should vote for mitt romney and paul ryan that they've got a set of plans that will reverse the trend that the country is on with the run away deficit spending and the like. paul ryan for his part, talked about the standard stuff, the five-point plan that governor is proposing for a stronger middle class but he weighed in just a little bit
you all heard mark halperin today. ron mott in berea ohio. how is the crowd reaction? getting bigger crowds since the original debate in denver. it's been a lot of time spent in ohio. >> hey, andrea. yeah, we're spending a ton of time here. pretty good sized crowd here at this baldwin wallace college where condi rice was with paul ryan. they're watching the cleveland browns practice. she's a big fan. she kicked off her speech as she did in the tampa republican national convention, the...
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>> mark halperin, you're in chicago. obviously, the president's campaign team as well as mitt romney's campaign team made the calculation a long time ago that they weren't going to make tough choices. they weren't going to make this a campaign, a mandate campaign. so what happens -- let's say the president wins. and gets re-elected. you're in chicago. what does chicago say his mandate is for the next four years? what's his mandate? what's mitt romney's mandate? that i figured out how to run better 30-second ads? what's the mandate? >> they're both going to face real challenges, and it's unprecedented. the fiscal cliff will be an instant challenge particularly if the president wins. right now you'd have to say the house is most certainly going to stay in republican hands. the senate at this point looks like it's going to stay in democratic hands. that means if the president wins, it's absolutely status quo. and if you're john boehner or mitch mcconnell and still in the minority, you can say yeah, you won, but with a weak
>> mark halperin, you're in chicago. obviously, the president's campaign team as well as mitt romney's campaign team made the calculation a long time ago that they weren't going to make tough choices. they weren't going to make this a campaign, a mandate campaign. so what happens -- let's say the president wins. and gets re-elected. you're in chicago. what does chicago say his mandate is for the next four years? what's his mandate? what's mitt romney's mandate? that i figured out how to...
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>> nope. >> mark halperin, final thoughts? >> the president has the upper hand with women voters and governor romney's staff believes he will work well with women. and the next polls are going to be critical as obviously as the debate where national security and economics will be a part of the last big debate. >> just absolutely fascinating. howard fineman, thank you very much. chuck, we'll see you in a few minutes on "the daily rundown." andrea, if you could stay with us, that would be great. all right. we'll be right back. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stu
>> nope. >> mark halperin, final thoughts? >> the president has the upper hand with women voters and governor romney's staff believes he will work well with women. and the next polls are going to be critical as obviously as the debate where national security and economics will be a part of the last big debate. >> just absolutely fascinating. howard fineman, thank you very much. chuck, we'll see you in a few minutes on "the daily rundown." andrea, if you could...
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my point is -- >> let's ask mark halperin. >> halperin. >> what do you think, mark? there is a concern about a built-in media bias. i think it's a legitimate concern by conservatives, and it has been for years. don't you think abc should have just put this information out early? would have defused it months ago. >> well, first of all, i was martha's longtime colleague, and i'll echo what you all said, she's really one of the best reporters america has. i think a lot of people will be seeing her focused on this context for the first time. they are credibility and fairness and integrity is beyond question. i think they said it on twitter best, which is i'm sure she can be fair because everybody's very objective about their ex-husband's best friend from their wedding. if there's a question about bias, it may cut the other way. i don't think anybody's acting shocked that it's disclosed, not disclosed. i really think it's a nonissue. there's so many incidents of bias in the media that for people to focus on this, judge her by her work both in the past and how tough she's
my point is -- >> let's ask mark halperin. >> halperin. >> what do you think, mark? there is a concern about a built-in media bias. i think it's a legitimate concern by conservatives, and it has been for years. don't you think abc should have just put this information out early? would have defused it months ago. >> well, first of all, i was martha's longtime colleague, and i'll echo what you all said, she's really one of the best reporters america has. i think a lot of...
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darling and msnbc and "time" senior political analyst mark halperin, i just like saying the word darling. scott helmand of the boston glowing and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. in a move that will surprise exactly no one, nbc news has learned that tonight's president obama will do what everyone expected him to do two weeks ago, bring up mitt romney's 47% comments. that secret video has been romney's biggest gaffe and he spent the week since trying to show he cares about all americans including the poor and working past. this past saturday congressman paul ryan attempted to further that message making a stop at a soup kitchen in ohio, offering to help clean dishes. while ryan logged in a total of 15 minutes at the kitchen he did manage to wash some pans and made sure to note his own had history on kp. >> you know i've [ inaudible ] washing dishes. you get callouss on your fingers it's so hot. >> the photo opt looked like campaign gold to everyone but the people who actually work at the soup kitchen. the president of the charity brine antall told "the washington post" yes
darling and msnbc and "time" senior political analyst mark halperin, i just like saying the word darling. scott helmand of the boston glowing and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. in a move that will surprise exactly no one, nbc news has learned that tonight's president obama will do what everyone expected him to do two weeks ago, bring up mitt romney's 47% comments. that secret video has been romney's biggest gaffe and he spent the week since trying to show he cares...
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our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and managing editor o of postpolitics.com and mark halperin for "time" and msnbc. joining us from chicago. chris cizilla, first of all to you, the new polls certainly have given a great burst of energy to mitt romney's campaign. >> no question. i would say and we said this when there was polling that had president obama up eight, nine, ten points nationally, let's see where it sorts out at the end of the week or beginning of next week. if you are mitt romney, this is -- the pew poll yesterday was huge news because a lot of what happens here at the end and we are 28 days away, is momentum based. for folks who haven't made their mind up yet you want to look like you're the guy with the momentum. coming off the debate and the pew poll you now can make the case that mitt romney is the guy who is kind of the energy and enthusiasm candidate. i think some polls will come out in places like ohio, virginia, north carolina, florida, hopefully some independent polls in the next few days that i think will get the measure of how much bounce mitt romney got
our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and managing editor o of postpolitics.com and mark halperin for "time" and msnbc. joining us from chicago. chris cizilla, first of all to you, the new polls certainly have given a great burst of energy to mitt romney's campaign. >> no question. i would say and we said this when there was polling that had president obama up eight, nine, ten points nationally, let's see where it sorts out at the end of the week or beginning of next...
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i want to play you what mark halperin said on "morning joe" this morning. >> for me the whole selection about ohio today. if the president wins ohio or virginia, the race is pretty much over. if governor romney wins both, he's in a commanding position. what has killed him more than anything else in a distinctive way in ohio particularly in the north part is the sector. >> may have gained in ohio after that first debate been changed? >> well, certainly the debate did a magnificent job last night. ohioans have had four years to get to know the president. and what they do know is the president threw out a life line when he rescued the auto industry saving thousands of middle class jobs. . they understand that mr. romney said let ohio go bankrupt. when coming to women and equal pay and them being the breadwinners of their families, they understand the president stands with them. even though the polls may go up or down, what the final analysis is is what the voters will decide. i believe firmly that ohioans will continue to vote for the president. he won this state by 51% of the vote in 2008
i want to play you what mark halperin said on "morning joe" this morning. >> for me the whole selection about ohio today. if the president wins ohio or virginia, the race is pretty much over. if governor romney wins both, he's in a commanding position. what has killed him more than anything else in a distinctive way in ohio particularly in the north part is the sector. >> may have gained in ohio after that first debate been changed? >> well, certainly the debate did...
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congressman chris van hollen and mark halperin who knows everything. >>> coming up, more from danville, the site of the vice presidential debate. this is "hardball ", the place for politics. >>> now, you wouldn't know this from listening to the latest version of mitt romney. he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney's trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes
congressman chris van hollen and mark halperin who knows everything. >>> coming up, more from danville, the site of the vice presidential debate. this is "hardball ", the place for politics. >>> now, you wouldn't know this from listening to the latest version of mitt romney. he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney's trying to convince you that he was severely...
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republican chairman michael steele, former senate majority leader tom dashiell, chris cizilla, mark halperin and a lot more coming up next. "andrea mitchell reports" right here on msnbc. heme plays ] humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> it now on "andrea mitchell reports" blow by blow. president obama and governor romney get in the ring for
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bloomberg's "businessweek," the huffington post ace ryan grimm, "time" senior political analyst mark halperin and former massachusetts gubernatorial candidate shannon o'brien here to talk mitt romney. until then, check out our facebook page for all sorts of behind of-the scenes treats, facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. coming up, what the numbers tell us ahead of tomorrow's debate. the town hall meeting. joining me, romney campaign co-chair virginia governor bob mcdonnell. and what we've learned about the libya investigation with defense secretary -- former defense secretary william cohen. >>> and remembering arlen specter. we'll talk to former pennsylvania governor and nbc analyst ed rendell who knew him well next on "andrea mitchell reports." now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so
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"time" magazine's mark halperin tweeted "dem attempts to make this binder thing into a deal is freakshow." another tweet read, "really? binders? arsenal must be running low." ♪ binders full of women ♪ >> reporter: still, binder songs were uploaded to youtube, and even an internet game featured a binder-wielding romney. binders haven't been this popular since grade school and that whole big bird thing -- >> it's me big bird. >> reporter: -- seems so two weeks ago. for "cbs this morning," seth doane, new york. >> i would just like to point out that we also have our binders every morning full of research papers yeah. >> no i think it's going to be the joke that keeps on giving. i really do. >> yeah. >> to be continued, for sure. >> but can i say, one of these kinds of things, they happen and whether it's fair unfair maybe mitt romney misspoke, they then generate a discussion about other things, which is the gaffe that was taking place in massachusetts about women in senior positions, because this is what this is about. there was a group, math gap, that was formed in order to get women i
"time" magazine's mark halperin tweeted "dem attempts to make this binder thing into a deal is freakshow." another tweet read, "really? binders? arsenal must be running low." ♪ binders full of women ♪ >> reporter: still, binder songs were uploaded to youtube, and even an internet game featured a binder-wielding romney. binders haven't been this popular since grade school and that whole big bird thing -- >> it's me big bird. >> reporter: --...
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with us now, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. he is back. he's got some gear. so mark, what do you have for us? >> from the university of denver, and i told them i was leaving the debate to come straight here, they said, why, joe, willie and mika should have some debate gear. >> well, thank god you got a relaxed fit. >> here's the small for you. >> thank you. i love it. >> and you gentlemen may want to adjudicate this in prift. we ha private. we have an xl and an xxl. >> that would be joe. >> that's hurtful. >> thank you, mark halperin. >> i got nothing. >> i love it. thank you so much. >> squat. >> the courtesy from our friends at the university of denver. >> you said yesterday morning the romney people were exhausted. they looked miserable. what a difference 12 hours makes. >> yeah. i mean, look, they put in a lot of effort. and one of the things that is true -- not spin on either side -- is the president had to cancel some of his sessions. and governor romney, we all sort of made fun of them when they went holed up in vermont for three da
with us now, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. he is back. he's got some gear. so mark, what do you have for us? >> from the university of denver, and i told them i was leaving the debate to come straight here, they said, why, joe, willie and mika should have some debate gear. >> well, thank god you got a relaxed fit. >> here's the small for you. >> thank you. i love it. >> and you gentlemen may want to adjudicate this in...
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mark halperin, you have the next question for stephanie. >> a follow on sidney's question. just in a conversational way, all this talk about the president not talking about his second-term agenda, "the wall street journal"/nbc news poll suggesting people would like to see changes. what will the president do differently on the economy in the second term if he's re-elected than he did in the first term? >> well, build on the progress we've made, making some of those key investments we need to grow. he has laid out a second-term ad agen agenda. it was the reason we got such a big bump out of the convention. it means more investment and manufacturing jobs, by doubling our exports, closing loopholes. 100,000 math and science teachers so our kids can compete globally. it means 2 million workers trained at community colleges, cutting in half our fedependenc on foreign oil to create new industries here at home but also be more secure at home. cutting the deficit, $4 trillion plan to reduce the deficit. of course ending the war in afghanistan and using those savings to invest here a
mark halperin, you have the next question for stephanie. >> a follow on sidney's question. just in a conversational way, all this talk about the president not talking about his second-term agenda, "the wall street journal"/nbc news poll suggesting people would like to see changes. what will the president do differently on the economy in the second term if he's re-elected than he did in the first term? >> well, build on the progress we've made, making some of those key...
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"time" magazine's mark halperin tweeted, dem attempts to make this binder thing into a deal is #freakshow. binder songs were uploaded to you tube and even an internet game featured a binder wielding romney. binders haven't been this popular since grade school. and that whole big bird thing -- >> it's me big bird. >> reporter: seem so two weeks ago. for cbs "this morning" seth doane, new york. >> i would just like to point out that we also have our binders every morning full of research papers. yeah. >> i think it's going to be the joke that keeps on giving. i really do. >> yeah. >> to be continued. >> one of these kinds of things they happen and whether it's fair or unfair, maybe mitt romney misspoke they've generated discussion about other things which is the gap that was taking place in massachusetts about women in senior positions. there was a group called mass gap that was formed in order to get more women in senior positions and the head of that group was on a conference call organized by the democrats yesterday that said romney never requested binders full of women they actually pro
"time" magazine's mark halperin tweeted, dem attempts to make this binder thing into a deal is #freakshow. binder songs were uploaded to you tube and even an internet game featured a binder wielding romney. binders haven't been this popular since grade school. and that whole big bird thing -- >> it's me big bird. >> reporter: seem so two weeks ago. for cbs "this morning" seth doane, new york. >> i would just like to point out that we also have our binders...
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. >> truth bomb from mark halperin worked for msnbc and "time" magazine, political writer. talked to david a axelrod, romney may pick up a point or two in the polls as a result of this debate. doesn't sound like someone declaring his guy the winner. >> another e-mail we got from the other side, republicans on the hill have been very down on both mitt romney and his campaign. don't understand why he hasn't been able to convince the american people what his jobs plan. top person on capitol hill e-mails, republicans needed him to come through and he did in a big way. demonstrated he can hit well in the clutch. i can't emphasize that enough for viewers, particularly the folks that don't come to "politico" every day. it was hard over the last three weeks for me to find a republican operative, a republican elected official, a republican, even inside of romney's own campaign who felt self-confident, who felt confident about their guy. everybody was belly aching. we went up to do some reporting about this fiscal cliff debate on capitol hill? we talked to republicans. republicans ta
. >> truth bomb from mark halperin worked for msnbc and "time" magazine, political writer. talked to david a axelrod, romney may pick up a point or two in the polls as a result of this debate. doesn't sound like someone declaring his guy the winner. >> another e-mail we got from the other side, republicans on the hill have been very down on both mitt romney and his campaign. don't understand why he hasn't been able to convince the american people what his jobs plan. top...
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two experts, mark halperin and "the washington post", eugene washington. and joy reed, and our msnbc political analysts. one at a time. who came with the plan who didn't? >> obviously, romney came with a plan and he was the aggressor. you can leher was not going to interpose himself and romney took over. i think it would have been incumbent on obama to step up if hechted to stop that and he did not. and i think what this threatens to do is re-open the enthusiasm gap of partizans of each candidate. afterwards, republicans are delighted and democrats are a bit depressed. >> i know he doesn't believe in his religion, any kind of intoxicants or obviously, or any kind of caffeine. he was the mormon equivalent of caffeinated on the. he was up and gung-how. he relished the occasion. obama was like, is this freaking thing over yet? >> i think he reported he ordered from the cheesecake factory. lots of sugar. so that might have been it. he did a lot of things well. i think the most important thing in terms of impacting with race is he revved up the base without a d
two experts, mark halperin and "the washington post", eugene washington. and joy reed, and our msnbc political analysts. one at a time. who came with the plan who didn't? >> obviously, romney came with a plan and he was the aggressor. you can leher was not going to interpose himself and romney took over. i think it would have been incumbent on obama to step up if hechted to stop that and he did not. and i think what this threatens to do is re-open the enthusiasm gap of partizans...
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. >>> when we come back, mark halperin walks us through a scene nair yoent electoral map, giving democrats pause this morning. more "morning joe," when we come back. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. no, no, no, stop! humans -- one day, we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility -- wha
. >>> when we come back, mark halperin walks us through a scene nair yoent electoral map, giving democrats pause this morning. more "morning joe," when we come back. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer...